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Literature Book Summaries

The Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse • 1943
4.10
42k+
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
The Glass Bead Game Summary
The Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse 1943 558 pages
4.10
42k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Literature
Eva Luna
by Isabel Allende • 1989
4.01
60k+
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
Classics
Eva Luna Summary
Eva Luna
by Isabel Allende 1989 307 pages
4.01
60k+ ratings
Magical Realism
Historical Fiction
Classics
Self-Reliance and Other Essays
by Ralph Waldo Emerson • 1844
4.12
20k+
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Self-Reliance and Other Essays Summary
Self-Reliance and Other Essays
by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1844 117 pages
4.12
20k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens • 1861
3.80
800k+
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Great Expectations Summary
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens 1861 544 pages
3.80
800k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
The Adolescent
by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1875
3.93
11k+
Classics
Russian Literature
Russia
The Adolescent Summary
The Adolescent
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1875 580 pages
3.93
11k+ ratings
Classics
Russian Literature
Russia
Choke
by Chuck Palahniuk • 2001
3.71
200k+
Contemporary
Humor
Novels
Choke Summary
Choke
by Chuck Palahniuk 2001 293 pages
3.71
200k+ ratings
Contemporary
Humor
Novels
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
by Milan Kundera • 1979
3.94
54k+
Czech Literature
Classics
Literature
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Summary
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
by Milan Kundera 1979 313 pages
3.94
54k+ ratings
Czech Literature
Classics
Literature
Foucault’s Pendulum
by Umberto Eco • 1988
3.91
75k+
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Literature
Foucault’s Pendulum Summary
Foucault’s Pendulum
by Umberto Eco 1988 623 pages
3.91
75k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Literature
Dom Casmurro
by Machado de Assis • 1899
4.33
38k+
Classics
Romance
Brazil
Dom Casmurro Summary
Dom Casmurro
by Machado de Assis 1899 176 pages
4.33
38k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Brazil
Hygiène de l'assassin
by Amélie Nothomb • 1992
3.77
19k+
France
Contemporary
Novels
Hygiène de l'assassin Summary
Hygiène de l'assassin
by Amélie Nothomb 1992 221 pages
3.77
19k+ ratings
France
Contemporary
Novels
The Warriors
by Sol Yurick • 1965
3.37
2k+
Crime
Classics
Thriller
The Warriors Summary
The Warriors
by Sol Yurick 1965 212 pages
3.37
2k+ ratings
Crime
Classics
Thriller
The Bridge on the Drina
by Ivo Andrić • 1945
4.33
25k+
Historical Fiction
Classics
Nobel Prize
The Bridge on the Drina Summary
The Bridge on the Drina
by Ivo Andrić 1945 314 pages
4.33
25k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Nobel Prize
The Art of Subtext
by Charles Baxter • 2007
Beyond Plot
4.02
1k+
Writing
Crafts
Essays
The Art of Subtext Summary
The Art of Subtext
Beyond Plot
by Charles Baxter 2007 182 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Writing
Crafts
Essays
The Land of Green Plums
by Herta Müller • 1994
3.67
6k+
Romania
Historical Fiction
Nobel Prize
The Land of Green Plums Summary
The Land of Green Plums
by Herta Müller 1994 256 pages
3.67
6k+ ratings
Romania
Historical Fiction
Nobel Prize
Less Than Zero
by Bret Easton Ellis • 1985
3.61
100k+
Contemporary
Novels
Classics
Less Than Zero Summary
Less Than Zero
by Bret Easton Ellis 1985 208 pages
3.61
100k+ ratings
Contemporary
Novels
Classics
How to Read and Why
by Harold Bloom • 2000
3.61
3k+
Literary Criticism
Books About Books
Literature
How to Read and Why Summary
How to Read and Why
by Harold Bloom 2000 288 pages
3.61
3k+ ratings
Literary Criticism
Books About Books
Literature
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain • 1884
4.10
43k+
Classics
Adventure
Literature
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Summary
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain 1884 520 pages
4.10
43k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Literature
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe • 1849
4.19
9k+
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Summary
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 304 pages
4.19
9k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Short Stories
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde • 1895
4.17
400k+
Classics
Plays
Drama
The Importance of Being Earnest Summary
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde 1895 89 pages
4.17
400k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Mansfield Park
by Jane Austen • 1814
3.86
300k+
Classics
Romance
Jane Austen
Mansfield Park Summary
Mansfield Park
by Jane Austen 1814 488 pages
3.86
300k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Jane Austen
The Prelude
by William Wordsworth • 1850
3.88
4k+
Poetry
Classics
Romanticism
The Prelude Summary
The Prelude
by William Wordsworth 1850 704 pages
3.88
4k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
Romanticism
Run With the Hunted
by Charles Bukowski • 1994
A Charles Bukowski Reader
4.26
4k+
Poetry
Short Stories
Literature
Run With the Hunted Summary
Run With the Hunted
A Charles Bukowski Reader
by Charles Bukowski 1994 497 pages
4.26
4k+ ratings
Poetry
Short Stories
Literature
This Side of Paradise
by F. Scott Fitzgerald • 1920
3.63
80k+
Classics
Literature
Novels
This Side of Paradise Summary
This Side of Paradise
by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1920 268 pages
3.63
80k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
Daisy Miller
by Henry James • 1879
3.37
38k+
Classics
Literature
19th Century
Daisy Miller Summary
Daisy Miller
by Henry James 1879 164 pages
3.37
38k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
A View from the Bridge
by Arthur Miller • 1977
A Play in Two Acts
3.71
18k+
Plays
Classics
Drama
A View from the Bridge Summary
A View from the Bridge
A Play in Two Acts
by Arthur Miller 1977 96 pages
3.71
18k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Lottery and Other Stories
by Shirley Jackson • 1949
4.02
82k+
Short Stories
Horror
Classics
The Lottery and Other Stories Summary
The Lottery and Other Stories
by Shirley Jackson 1949 302 pages
4.02
82k+ ratings
Short Stories
Horror
Classics
The First Circle
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn • 1968
4.26
10k+
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
The First Circle Summary
The First Circle
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1968 580 pages
4.26
10k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
Highcastle
by Stanisław Lem • 1966
A Remembrance
3.65
500+
Biography
Polish Literature
Literature
Highcastle Summary
Highcastle
A Remembrance
by Stanisław Lem 1966 152 pages
3.65
500+ ratings
Biography
Polish Literature
Literature
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba
by Gabriel García Márquez • 1961
3.80
68k+
Classics
Spanish Literature
Literature
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba Summary
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba
by Gabriel García Márquez 1961 104 pages
3.80
68k+ ratings
Classics
Spanish Literature
Literature
The Island of Doctor Moreau
by H.G. Wells • 1896
3.73
100k+
Classics
Science Fiction
Horror
The Island of Doctor Moreau Summary
The Island of Doctor Moreau
by H.G. Wells 1896 143 pages
3.73
100k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Horror
How Dante Can Save Your Life
by Rod Dreher • 2015
The Life-Changing Wisdom of History's Greatest Poem
3.98
1k+
Memoir
Poetry
Literature
How Dante Can Save Your Life Summary
How Dante Can Save Your Life
The Life-Changing Wisdom of History's Greatest Poem
by Rod Dreher 2015 320 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Poetry
Literature
The Slynx
by Tatyana Tolstaya • 2007
3.81
5k+
Russia
Science Fiction
Dystopia
The Slynx Summary
The Slynx
by Tatyana Tolstaya 2007 299 pages
3.81
5k+ ratings
Russia
Science Fiction
Dystopia
Charles Dickens in Love
by Robert Garnett • 2012
A Biography
3.93
70
Biography
British Literature
Literature
Charles Dickens in Love Summary
Charles Dickens in Love
A Biography
by Robert Garnett 2012 368 pages
3.93
70 ratings
Biography
British Literature
Literature
Science Fiction
by David Seed • 2011
A Very Short Introduction
3.31
500+
Literature
History
Literary Criticism
Science Fiction Summary
Science Fiction
A Very Short Introduction
by David Seed 2011 147 pages
3.31
500+ ratings
Literature
History
Literary Criticism
The Man Who Was Thursday
by G.K. Chesterton • 1908
A Nightmare
3.82
46k+
Classics
Mystery
Fantasy
The Man Who Was Thursday Summary
The Man Who Was Thursday
A Nightmare
by G.K. Chesterton 1908 182 pages
3.82
46k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Fantasy
A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens • 1859
4.02
17k+
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations Summary
A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens 1859 834 pages
4.02
17k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Sentimental Education
by Gustave Flaubert • 1869
3.81
25k+
Classics
France
French Literature
Sentimental Education Summary
Sentimental Education
by Gustave Flaubert 1869 460 pages
3.81
25k+ ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
by Ayi Kwei Armah • 1968
3.87
3k+
Africa
Ghana
African Literature
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born Summary
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
by Ayi Kwei Armah 1968 183 pages
3.87
3k+ ratings
Africa
Ghana
African Literature
(The Unconsoled) [By
by Kazuo Ishiguro • 1995
Ishiguro, Kazuo] [Feb, 2013]
3.59
18k+
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Literature
(The Unconsoled) [By Summary
(The Unconsoled) [By
Ishiguro, Kazuo] [Feb, 2013]
by Kazuo Ishiguro 1995
3.59
18k+ ratings
Literary Fiction
Contemporary
Literature
The Facts
by Philip Roth • 1988
A Novelist's Autobiography
3.70
1k+
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
The Facts Summary
The Facts
A Novelist's Autobiography
by Philip Roth 1988 208 pages
3.70
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
The Flowers of Evil
by Charles Baudelaire • 1857
4.19
82k+
Poetry
Classics
France
The Flowers of Evil Summary
The Flowers of Evil
by Charles Baudelaire 1857 464 pages
4.19
82k+ ratings
Poetry
Classics
France
Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us
by Simon Critchley • 2019
3.89
388
Philosophy
History
Drama
Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us Summary
Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us
by Simon Critchley 2019 336 pages
3.89
388 ratings
Philosophy
History
Drama
The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James • 1898
3.38
100k+
Classics
Horror
Gothic
The Turn of the Screw Summary
The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James 1898 121 pages
3.38
100k+ ratings
Classics
Horror
Gothic
The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist
by Orhan Pamuk • 2010
3.95
3k+
Writing
Essays
Turkish Literature
The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist Summary
The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist
by Orhan Pamuk 2010 81 pages
3.95
3k+ ratings
Writing
Essays
Turkish Literature
The Sound of Things Falling
by Juan Gabriel Vásquez • 2014
3.85
22k+
Historical Fiction
Spanish Literature
Book Club
The Sound of Things Falling Summary
The Sound of Things Falling
by Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2014 302 pages
3.85
22k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Spanish Literature
Book Club
Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2
by Nelson Mandela • 2003
1962 - 1994
4.42
500+
Biography
History
Africa
Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2 Summary
Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2
1962 - 1994
by Nelson Mandela 2003 450 pages
4.42
500+ ratings
Biography
History
Africa
A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes
by Peter Bevelin • 2013
3.63
500+
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes Summary
A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes
by Peter Bevelin 2013 77 pages
3.63
500+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Self Help
Oliver Twist
by Marian Leighton • 1989
4.03
3k+
Classics
Childrens
Young Adult
Oliver Twist Summary
Oliver Twist
by Marian Leighton 1989 240 pages
4.03
3k+ ratings
Classics
Childrens
Young Adult
The Anatomy of Influence
by Harold Bloom • 2011
Literature as a Way of Life
3.93
477
Literary Criticism
Literature
Poetry
The Anatomy of Influence Summary
The Anatomy of Influence
Literature as a Way of Life
by Harold Bloom 2011 368 pages
3.93
477 ratings
Literary Criticism
Literature
Poetry
Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy • 1895
3.84
76k+
Classics
Literature
19th Century
Jude the Obscure Summary
Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy 1895 310 pages
3.84
76k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
19th Century
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